Campus Connections
Find community and connect with resources using the information below.
To get connected with the DCC via social media or our newsletter, check out our Contact Us page.
For a more comprehensive list of UT disability resources, visit the Disability Resources page.
Disability-Related Student Organizations
Student Support Services
Longhorn TIES
Longhorn TIES (Transition, Illuminate, Empower, Success) program within New Student Services coordinates and facilitates neurodiversity initiatives at UT. Longhorn TIES seeks to enhance the student experience for those who identify as neurodivergent through advocacy, connections and training, starting with the New Student Orientation process and continuing throughout the student’s tenure at the university.
Disability and Access
Disability and Access (D&A) works with students with disabilities to provide individualized accommodations and services, such as classroom and testing accommodations, priority registration, course load reduction, text in alternate formats, and live captioning and interpreting in order to ensure equal access to their educational experience at UT.
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- Email: access@austin.utexas.edu
The Longhorn SHARE Project
A Mental Health Peer Support Program, the Longhorn SHARE Project offers a wide range of peer-led support groups, individual peer support opportunities, and other activities facilitated by trained SHARE Support Specialists and program staff.
Counseling and Mental Health Center
The Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC) provides counseling, psychiatric, consultation and prevention services that facilitate students’ academic and life goals and enhance their personal growth and well-being.
- Rotating groups cover a range of different disability/mental health topics and identities
Texas Center for Disability Studies
The Texas Center for Disability Studies works to create a better world through research, education, practice and policy. The Texas Center for Disability Studies is a part of UT’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work and strives to fulfill the mission, vision and values through work at the center and with its partners.
- The Critical Disability Studies Program offers master’s and doctoral portfolios and a minor for undergraduate students.
Disability-Related Student Organizations
Are you a disability-related student organization that wants to be listed on our page? Please email dcc@austin.utexas.edu and tell us about your org!
Deaf Culture Alliance : The Deaf Culture Alliance’s mission is to bring together Deaf students, Hard of Hearing students, and students with a passion for ASL and Deaf Culture. We host ASL socials, work on projects together, have discussions about Deaf Rights and education, and work on making positive changes in the community. We strive to be both a professional and social space for students to come together and share their common passions.
Email: deafculturealliance@gmail.com
Disabilities Inclusion Agency of Student Government : The DIA is your one-stop shop for building a strong, inclusive community at UT Austin. We celebrate disability as an integral part of campus life.
Email: utsg.dia@gmail.com
Disability Advocacy Student Coalition : The Disability Advocacy Student Coalition (DASC) is a student organization that strives to advocate for accessibility and equity at UT Austin and beyond, and to offer spaces for disability connection and conversation. People with and without disabilities are welcome! Open to graduate and undergraduate students. Sign up for our newsletter here.
Email: dascatut@gmail.com
NAMI On Campus at UT Austin: Since the fall of 2016, we have been working to advocate for mental health and end the stigma against mental illness on campus and in our community. Together we can be the difference. Check out our group me, which is the best way to see updated announcements and events on the schedule.
Email: namiaustincampus@gmail.com
On the Moov :Our Mission: Increasing Accessibility Through the Power of Community. At On the Moov, we are passionate about providing personalized support to meet the needs of disabled students at The University of Texas at Austin. The system consists of student helpers signing up for a shift to aid a disabled student at predetermined times. Student helpers offer aid in one of two ways: they can walk with a disabled student to aid transport around campus, or they can eat a meal with a disabled student to aid with getting food and opening packages. These student volunteers are often referred to as “buddies” or “walking buddies,” because the volunteer maintains the role of a friend and peer while assisting their fellow student, which encourages an enjoyable, casual experience for both the disabled students and student volunteers involved.
Email: onthemoovut@gmail.com
Texas Law Disability and Neurodivergence Alliance : The mission of Disability and Neurodivergent Law Student Alliance at The University of Texas at Austin is to build a community and provide support for law students with disabilities and law student who are neurodivergent, have family members or close friends with disabilities, or are just interested in disability rights and advocacy overall. TLDNA is an affinity group defined broadly in that it welcomes anyone who identifies as a member, advocate, or ally. TLDNA hopes to increase accessibility within the legal profession; enhance cultural competency with regard to disabilities and neurodivergences; and help our members navigate both law school and the legal profession.
Email: texaslawdna@gmail.com
Type Texas: The CDN Chapter at UT Austin: Type Texas: The Diabetes Link chapter at UT Austin was founded for the purpose of connecting college students with or affected by diabetes, in the hopes that these connections will create a support network that enables students to fulfill their potential long after their time on The Forty Acres.
Email: typetexas@collegediabetesnetwork.org
Faculty Staff Resources
Disabled Faculty and Staff Association
This new University Resource Group (URG) will serve faculty and staff who identify as disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent, chronically ill, having a mental health disability or undiagnosed (among many other intersectional identities they may hold), , as well as those connected to disability personally or professionally who want to support the efforts of DFSA. This URG will strive to communicate the needs of these diverse groups to the campus community and celebrate the voices, identities, experiences, and talents of the group. Our goals are to connect faculty and staff who hold these identities to opportunities we find valuable, including but not limited to training and professional development, available support resources and information, and community-building spaces and events to connect with others.
Institutional Accessibility and Accommodations
UT is required by law to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities. The accommodation process is a collaborative and interactive process between the University ADA Coordinators, the employee seeking accommodations, the employee’s supervisor, and/or other appropriate personnel (including Human Resources personnel and benefits).
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- Email: ada@austin.utexas.edu
Employee Assistance Program
The HealthPoint Employee Assistance Program provides brief counseling and consultation services, crisis intervention, assessment and referral, educational and training programs, and supervisory consultation.
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- Email: eap@austin.utexas.edu
Alumni Connections
UT Disabled Alumni Network Interest Form